Scottish Party Pushes Anti-Whip Petition

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Edinburgh News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A new petitions blowing up in Scotland with hundreds of signatures, urging politicians to ditch the party whip if they win seats in next month. Holyrood elections. It's from the freshly registered Edinburgh and East Lothian people party, one of 18 groups chasing regional list spots in Edinburgh and Lothians. East. The elite leader, Mark Wilkinson, is running in the Edinburgh Southern constituency too. He's got experience from past by elections, and he's teamed up with. David Sisson, a local community council member from Haddington, they're pushing policies like scrapping those new town center parking charges in East Lothian that locals say are killing footfall for businesses. Folks are fired up because the party whip forces big party politicians to tow the line instead of listening to voters, letting moneyed interests call. The shots. Wilkinson calls a top-down control that overrides judgment and conscience on behalf of everyday

1:01people. They're fixed. Total democracy. Every single vote in Parliament gets emailed to party members first for debate. Then they instruct how to vote, incorruptible, they say, meanwhile, Wilkinson and Sisson hit the Haddington farmers market over the weekend, snagging dozens more signatures. With 18 parties and four independence crowding the regional ballot this week, this anti-wit push could shake up how locals demand real Sion, Holyrood Come Election Day.